Puff-box.



No. 828,365. PATBNTED AUG.14, 1906.

..E. A. BAGBY.

PUFF BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1905.

TTOHNE YS EUGENE A. nicer, or eowriueeassu, Kaufreonr.'

i Puse-soa,

' Specification of Letters Patent.

:estantes aug. 1a, ieee. i

Application iiled July 29, 1905. 4 Serial No. 271,748.

To all-whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE A. BAGBY, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bowling Green, in the county of Warren and State of Kentucky, have invented .a new and Improved Puff-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. A

The invention relates to toilet articles; and its object is to provide a new and improved puH-box arranged to normally hold the puit out of contact with the powder contained in the box to allow the user of the pull to bring the latter into contact with the powder sufiiciently for the pul' to take up only the desired amount of powder, thus preventing bringing too much powder tothe face and avoiding waste of powder andspilling of surplus powder onto the dressing-table, dressing-gown, or otherl article.

The invention consists of novel features and arts and combinations of the same, as will e more fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims. ,o

A practicalembodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inv

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the puffrest and its supporting-cage. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig, 3 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the puffr'est detached from the cage.

The puff-box A is provided with a suitable cover B and is adapted to contain the usual powder, and within the saidbox'A is removably held a ring-shaped cage C, preferably corrugated and provided at its lower end with legs C', adapted to rest on the bottom of the box A to support the cage C a distance above the said bottom, as-will-be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3. 1Within the box A is yieldingly held a rest D for supporting a puff E oi any referred construction. The rest D is prefera ly formed of a netting D, attached to the lower edge of a rim D2, provided with outwardly-extending lugs D3, engaged by the lower ends of coiled springs F, extending upwardly and attached at their er ends to the upper end of the cage C.

u p The puff-rest may be described as a spring-K upported diaphragm within the powder-- ox.

The cage C ispreferably corrugated, withthe corrugations running vertically, and

several of the corrugations are utilized for containing the springs wRas will be readily understood by reierence to Figs. i and 2. The rim D2 1s also provided with outwardlyextending curved guide-arms Dt, engaglng the legs C of the cage C to guide the rest D in its up-and-down movement within the powder-box A. On the lower edge of the cage C are for-med or secured sto s C2 for limiting the upward movement of t e ,pad-rest D by the top edge of the ring D? abutting against the said stops C2. The, stops C2 depend a short distance from the lower edge of the cage C to prevent contact of the rirn- D2 with the said cage, and hence prevent clamping of the puff E between the yieldin ly-mounted rest D and the cage C. As t e rest'D is mounted by the springs F on the cage C and the latter is removably held in' the box A it' is evident that the said connected parts can be readily placed in position within any powder-box A or removed therefrom whenever desired.

ln using the device the the netting D of the rest and Ithen the pul1 is pressed downward, so that the rest D moves downward with the pull", and thus carries the under surface thereof into Contact with the powder contained inthe lower por-- tionlof the box A. Thus by pressing the puff more or less in a downward direction more or less powder is taken up by the pug, as required. When the pressure is released on the puff E, the springs F immediately return the rest D and the puii to an uppermost position-that is, moving the under side of the puit' out of engagement with the powder.'

pp@ is placed on'.

The puil is now removed by the user in the usual mannen'and, if desired, the under sur-,

face oi the puit may be rubbed on the'corrugations of t i plus powder that may be on the 11H, such surplus powder readily falling bac into the lower portion of the box. l

From the foregoing it will be seen that` order, and can be readily applied to any powder-box.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patente cage C, so as to rub oil any surf IIC l. In combination, o. purl box and springsupported puirest therein, said rest comprising e rim and e retiouleted bottoni upon which the puff is adapted to rest.v

2. A puit-box comprising a, powder-box, a corrugated ooge therefor, and s puff rest yieldingly mounted in the said box to move toward and 'from the powder in the box.

3. A puff-box comprising a powder-box, a cage for the box and provided with legs for supporting the enge :t distance from the bot tom ot' the box, s puff-rest in the box between the lower edge of the ooge `and the bottom of the box, and springs for supporting the seid rest from the said onge.

4. A. puit-box oomprising e powder-box, e osi-ge for the box and provided with legs vFor supporting the cage e distance from the bottom of the box, a pini-rest in the boxbetween the lower edge of the onge and the bottom of the box, springs for supporting the said rest from the said ooge, and means for guiding the said rest on the seid legs.

5. A. puflbox comprisingl s powder-box, a

enge for the box and provided with legs for supporting the oege a distance from the bottom ofthe boxl. e pl1frest in the box between the lower edge of the cage and the bottom of the box, springs vtor'supporting the said rest from the seid cage, and ineens on the said onge for limiting thenpward movement of the said rest.

in 828,565 l 6. A puff-box Comprising e powder-box, a cago 'for the box Aand provided with legs for supporting the cage a distance from the bottom of the box, e puff-rest in the box between 4the lower edge of the cage and the bottom of the box, the said rest being formed of a rim and wire-netting stretched on the said rim, the said rim having guide-arms engaging the said legs to guide the rest in its u -and-down movement7 and springs held to tie cage and connected with the said rim.

7 A puff-box comprising a powder-box, a for the box and provided with legs for supporting the cage e dista-nee from the bottom of the box, s puff-rest in the box the said rest being formed of a rim and Wire-netting stretched on the said rim, the said rim having guide-arms engaging the seid legs to guide the rest in its up-and-down movement, and springs held to the oage and connected with the seid rim, the seid cage being corrugated and the said springs extending in corrugations of the cage between the latter and the inner surface of the box.

`ln 'testimony whereof I have signed my neme to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EUGENE A. meer.

G. S HOLLINGSWORTH. A. S

itnessw HINES. 

